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Houdini, Harry

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Description: Harry Houdini in chains and ropes. He is tied to a wheel on a locomotive.
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Publicity Still from "The Flying Nun"

Date: 08 17 1967
Description: A publicity still from the ABC television situation comedy, "The Flying Nun," which starred Sally Field (center), as Sister Bertrille. With her are actors ...
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Dickey Chapelle

Date: 1940
Description: "She's Ready to Defend America," a portrait of Georgette Louise Meyer (aka Dickey Chapelle), as a member of the Women Flyers of America, an organization fo...
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Chapelle with Soldiers and Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle posing in Cuba with Major Antonio Lusson, and a group of male and female soldiers.
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Houdini on a Rope in "Terror Island"

Date: 1920
Description: Escape artist Harry Houdini being tortured by cannibals in the silent film "Terror Island." Like the other films in which Houdini stared, the plot was desi...
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Havana Parade, Cuban Revolution

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Description: Parade celebrating Fidel Casto's arrival in Havana at the end of the Cuban Revolution. 26th of July Movement soldiers are riding on top of a captured Sher...
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Alfred Lunt and Threshers

Date: 1942
Description: Alfred Lunt watching as farm workers pitch grain into a thresher on the Ten Chimneys farm. Two men at the end of a chute collect the separated grain in sac...
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"Alexander the Great" Set Construction

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Description: Men working on constructing a film set, a replica of the ancient Macedonian Palace of Pella, for the film "Alexander the Great" on a hilltop overlooking th...
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Mermaid Tail from "Miranda"

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Description: Two unidentified men are working on a mermaid tail, which will be used in the 1948 film "Miranda." There are columns and other building materials next to t...
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Rachel Robinson and Ruby Dee

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Description: Rachel Robinson and actress Ruby Dee during the production of the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." They are in front of a fence at a baseball field. ...
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New Paint, Same Color

Date: 05 31 1979
Description: Two men in protective suits are using hoses to spray paint onto a bridge grating. Caption reads: "NEW PAINT, SAME COLOR — The State St. bridge over ...
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George Wallace Protest

Date: 03 18 1964
Description: A large group of people, many carrying signs opposing George Wallace, gather in downtown Oshkosh near a Wallace rally. Some of the signs read: "You'll wond...

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